New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 36; Volume 56, Part 2Henry Colburn, 1839 |
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... round the fire which they had raised . Near the scene of destruction , a young republican officer was seated under an old tree , contemplating , with folded arms , and tears in his eyes , the excesses which his soldiers were committing ...
... round the fire which they had raised . Near the scene of destruction , a young republican officer was seated under an old tree , contemplating , with folded arms , and tears in his eyes , the excesses which his soldiers were committing ...
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... round about it , set fire to it in various places , and having done so , withdrew in such order as to surround it so that no human being could escape from the blazing ruins before them . The moment the flames curled round the walls ...
... round about it , set fire to it in various places , and having done so , withdrew in such order as to surround it so that no human being could escape from the blazing ruins before them . The moment the flames curled round the walls ...
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... round their noble benefactor . He embraced them affectionately , but the sight of their happiness he could not long have endured . He rejoined the army . Eleven years passed after this noble sacrifice and painful separation . Eleven ...
... round their noble benefactor . He embraced them affectionately , but the sight of their happiness he could not long have endured . He rejoined the army . Eleven years passed after this noble sacrifice and painful separation . Eleven ...
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... round , while sailing in the bay of Trevenny , on the coast of Cornwall , as was proved by the evi- dence of his servant , James Jobs , the boy , sixty years old , who nar- rowly shared his master's fate , but was saved by squatting ...
... round , while sailing in the bay of Trevenny , on the coast of Cornwall , as was proved by the evi- dence of his servant , James Jobs , the boy , sixty years old , who nar- rowly shared his master's fate , but was saved by squatting ...
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... round his neck , if neck it might be called which was a mere point of junction of the head to the shoulders , a sky - blue stock , over which the cheeks crushed down a pair of rounded collars , worked at the edges ; a rose - coloured ...
... round his neck , if neck it might be called which was a mere point of junction of the head to the shoulders , a sky - blue stock , over which the cheeks crushed down a pair of rounded collars , worked at the edges ; a rose - coloured ...
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